Image of Eastern Carpenter Bee
Description:
At a low magnification of 105x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted some of the morphologic details found on one of the legs of a carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica. This particular bee was found deceased on the grounds of the Decatur, Georgia suburbs, an area where these insects are quite common.
Created: 2006
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, and ants)
- Apocrita (wasp)
- Aculeata
- Apoidea (bees & apoid Wasps)
- Apidae (honeybees, bumblebees, and relatives)
- Xylocopa (Carpenter Bees)
- Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
- Panarthropoda
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- Janice Carr
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